Polhemus v. Melides
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On motion to discharge from arrest, in action for breach of promise of marriage.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court- was delivered by
Black, J.
This- was a motion to discharge the defendant from arrest, in an action for breach of promise of. marriage. The record shows a Supreme Court commissioner made an order to hold the defendant to bail, in an action for a breach of promise of marriage. The order was based on'the ground that the defendant fraudulently led the plaintiff, Caroline Polhemus, to believe that he would marry her; that he willfully and fraudulently deceived her by his statements made to hei’ during the time that he kept company with her, then refused to carry out his…
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